Friedensreich Hundertwasser

(Austrian, 1928–2000)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and designer whose passion for spirals and arabesque lines was largely inspired by Viennese Secessionists like Gustav Klimt. “Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines,” he critiqued of the man-made world. “If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting.” Born Friedensreich Stowasser on December 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria, he and his mother barely avoided persecution from the Nazi regime during World War II. After the war, the artist briefly enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Art before dropping out to travel extensively throughout Europe and Asia. As a designer in the 1950s, he undertook several large-scale architectural projects, including his famed Hundertwasserhaus. In the early 1970s, Hundertwasser purchased a number of properties in New Zealand where he would live out the remainder of his career. An outspoken activist against nuclear technology and pollution, the artist continued his involvement through the following decades. Hundertwasser passed away on February 19, 2000 while aboard the Queen Elizabeth II on its voyage from New Zealand to Europe. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

Most Expensive Artwork Sold at Auction

Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Artworks

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (7,460 results)

One of five seamen, 1975

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

One of five seamen, 1975

Sale Date: May 18, 2008

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, relations of a spider, 1971

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Nana Hyaku Mizu, relations of a spider, 1971

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1969

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Good morning city bleeding town, 1969

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Midori No Namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1974

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Midori No Namida (portfolio of 5), 1971–1974

Sale Date: May 20, 2008

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Green powder, 1972

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Green powder, 1972

Sale Date: May 20, 2008

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Fenêtre sous toît, 1982

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Fenêtre sous toît, 1982

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Catalogue raisonné de l'ouvre (by Fürst w/ 1 work)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Catalogue raisonné de l'ouvre (by Fürst w/ 1 work)

Sale Date: April 29, 2008

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Straße der Überlebenden (from Look at..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Straße der Überlebenden (from Look at..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen (from Look at , 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Regentag auf Liebe Wellen (from Look at , 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Kreisverkehr der Strassengekreuzigten..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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2 Nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

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2 Nights Homo Humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: April 30, 2008

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

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Good morning city, 1969–1970

Sale Date: April 23, 2008

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

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Das falsche Augenlid, 1967

Sale Date: April 23, 2008

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

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Good Morning City - Bleeding Town, 1971

Sale Date: May 8, 2008

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Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Good Morning City, 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 8, 2008

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Look at it on a rainy day (cassette..., 1971–1972

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Look at it on a rainy day (cassette..., 1971–1972

Sale Date: April 29, 2008

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Green power, 1972

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Green power, 1972

Sale Date: May 1, 2008

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

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Die Schatten der Sterne, 1967

Sale Date: May 1, 2008

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Mit der Liebe warten

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Mit der Liebe warten

Sale Date: April 10, 2008

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Barbakan Castle in Poland

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Barbakan Castle in Poland

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Hide, under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Hide, under the meadow it begins to rain, 1976

Sale Date: April 29, 2008

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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